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<td class="v">16:1</td>
<td>The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.</td>
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<td class="v">16:2</td>
<td>All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.</td>
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<td class="v">16:3</td>
<td>Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.</td>
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<td class="v">16:4</td>
<td>The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.</td>
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<td class="v">16:5</td>
<td>Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.</td>
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<td class="v">16:6</td>
<td>By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.</td>
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<td class="v">16:7</td>
<td>When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.</td>
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<td class="v">16:8</td>
<td>Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.</td>
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<td class="v">16:9</td>
<td>A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.</td>
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<td class="v">16:10</td>
<td>A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.</td>
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<td class="v">16:11</td>
<td>A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the bag are his work.</td>
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<td class="v">16:12</td>
<td>It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.</td>
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<td class="v">16:13</td>
<td>Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.</td>
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<td class="v">16:14</td>
<td>The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.</td>
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<td class="v">16:15</td>
<td>In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.</td>
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<td class="v">16:16</td>
<td>How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!</td>
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<td class="v">16:17</td>
<td>The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.</td>
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<td class="v">16:18</td>
<td>Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.</td>
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<td class="v">16:19</td>
<td>Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.</td>
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<td class="v">16:20</td>
<td>He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.</td>
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<td class="v">16:21</td>
<td>The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.</td>
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<td class="v">16:22</td>
<td>Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.</td>
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<td class="v">16:23</td>
<td>The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.</td>
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<td class="v">16:24</td>
<td>Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.</td>
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<td class="v">16:25</td>
<td>There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.</td>
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<td class="v">16:26</td>
<td>He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.</td>
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<td class="v">16:27</td>
<td>An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.</td>
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<td class="v">16:28</td>
<td>A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.</td>
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<td class="v">16:29</td>
<td>A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.</td>
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<td class="v">16:30</td>
<td>He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.</td>
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<td class="v">16:31</td>
<td>The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.</td>
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<td class="v">16:32</td>
<td>He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.</td>
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<td class="v">16:33</td>
<td>The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.</td>
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